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The Berserk Saga is an animation project from STUDIO4℃ with plans to span the entire series, beginning in February 2012 with the first of three theatrical releases set in the Golden Age arc of the series. No further information is available about how future releases will be handled. This thread is where news will be gathered about the Berserk Saga Project so you can peruse the history of everything we know about it in one convenient thread.

In August 2009, the following pictures surfaced on the Internet:

One year later, we got word that a new anime project was being launched:

Anyway, a series of four TV commercials have also been announced with Gackt as the salesman (well, he's doing the narration). The "Berserk Official Corner" is getting a revamp as well (should happen in about 9 hours), and it looks like they've opened an official Twitter account for the series. The TV commercials will be available on the website along with a special one made only for the web.

... early reports on the first commercial that aired today on NTV were that it is an animated project for television (so, not OVA and not 3D/CG), being produced by ＳＴＵＤＩＯ４℃, who generally does OVA type productions, but have also done some TV (see their full works here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_4%C2%B0C). In the west theyre known for doing things like the Animatrix shorts, and Halo Legends. They also recently did an OVA for Detroit Metal City, another Young Animal series.

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201101210303.html
An animated feature film based on the dark fantasy epic manga "Berserk" is destined to hit theaters this year, publisher Hakusensha Inc. said this month.

The much-anticipated feature film will be the first part of the "Berserk: Saga Project," in which all episodes of the original comic will be adapted as anime.

"Berserk," manga artist Kentarou Miura's best known work, has been running in Hakusensha's biweekly Young Animal comic magazine for more than 20 years.

The series, set in a war-torn medieval world, is hailed as a masterpiece of dark fantasy. The story follows Guts, a sword warrior who carries a huge blade as he sets out on a journey of revenge.

The original manga is now in its 35th volume, with a combined total of 30 million copies in print.

The manga has been recognized for its excellence, winning the outstanding award at the sixth installment of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002.

It also enjoys immense popularity outside Japan. The manga has been translated and published in 15 countries, especially in Germany, France and other parts of Europe.

"Berserk" was adapted into an animated TV series in 1997. But that series only covered 25 episodes, giving just a glimpse into the epic. In the more than 10 years since, the manga has grown to an even wider scale.

The Berserk Saga Project aims to include all the original episodes of the spectacular series.

Something more or less interesting: the producer says he chose to make Berserk because it's about young people and the main hero, Guts, doesn't surrender to his fate. While the era depicted is very harsh, he has the power to break through the common hardships of his time (implying a parallel with Japan nowadays?). Other than that, they say about how Japanese swords are different from Western ones so they put a lot of effort into depicting the swords faithfully, the armors are well detailed, etc.

Berserk_project is controlled by Young Animal and used for more than just giving news about the film. Clara_de_Porras is likely used by the "Berserk Film Partners" (those interest me more than Warner Bros, by the way) and appears to be some sort of roleplay account to tease the launch of the movie. By the way, there seems to be the title of the first movie at the bottom of the website: Berserk - Golden Age I - The Egg of the Supreme King, along with the mention of a "road show" (meaning a nationwide release apparently).

If you join the Band of the Falcon, after the August 15 you'll have access to a page called "My Page" on the official site. The contest will start on that precise day, even though "My Page" might not be available right away. People who join before August 14 will get 200 pts right away. Those who do after the 15th will only get 100 pts. Casca got her title as a leader of 1000 soldiers by fighting. But you can get it by collecting points. If you get a higher position, there are many offers to get (digital privileges, special images, invitations to events) in addition to the final goal of being credited in the movie.

I'm sorry if this has been addressed somewhere else and I missed it, but has there been any indication of how widespread the theatrical release is going to be and if it will be subbed or dubbed outside of Japan?

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I'm sorry if this has been addressed somewhere else and I missed it, but has there been any indication of how widespread the theatrical release is going to be and if it will be subbed or dubbed outside of Japan?

I hope to be the same musical soundtrack of the old and the anime is the best OST: Earth, Beherit, Guts, FURCES and FURCES 2.
Sorry I'm writing wrong. Will there be parts of the series after the movie or not?

I have to say... That script doesn't look very thick. The typical screenplay for a feature film is between 95 and 125 pages. Hollywood standard is 1 page = 1 minute of screen time.

Of course there are a lot of variables that might make this point moot. It's an animated film, therefore it might have an entirely different format. However I would think this would make the script even more descriptive, and therefore lengthy.

The fact that it's probably written in Japanese characters would most definitely affect the page count in some way, though I'm not sure if it would make a script appear longer or shorter than an English equivalent.

Anyone seen many animation scripts written in Japanese? Is there a standard page count for a feature?

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I have to say... That script doesn't look very thick. The typical screenplay for a feature film is between 95 and 125 pages. Hollywood standard is 1 page = 1 minute of screen time.

Of course there are a lot of variables that might make this point moot. It's an animated film, therefore it might have an entirely different format. However I would think this would make the script even more descriptive, and therefore lengthy.

The fact that it's probably written in Japanese characters would most definitely affect the page count in some way, though I'm not sure if it would make a script appear longer or shorter than an English equivalent.

Anyone seen many animation scripts written in Japanese? Is there a standard page count for a feature?

I appreciate your thought exercise here, but there's simply not enough information in the picture to draw any logical conclusion about the length of the movie. Independent of the variables you listed above, there's also the paper quality to take into consideration. It could be hundreds of pages. It could be 50. It's neat that we have a picture of it, but it's not informative. It does, however, whet our appetite.

Seeing the picture reminds me that we're just 5 months away from its theatrical premiere (discounting any early screening), and all we can say for certain is that it will depict the first third of the Golden Age arc. And even that's a presumption, truly. There are still many questions left to be answered. Who will do the soundtrack? Will the original voice actors be back for this? Will it be shown in other countries?

As we get closer to the launch, I also anticipate we'll get more promotional art. That will be nice. I've seen the trailer about 99x at this point.